Kirtan Guide

Sakhi-vṛnde Vijñaptiḥ

Prayer to the Gopīs
by Śrīla Narottam Dās Ṭhākur
    1
    • rādhā-kṛṣṇa prāṇa mora jugala-kiśora
    • jīvane maraṇe gati āro nāhi mora
    • The youthful Divine Couple Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Krishna are my life and soul. In life or death I have no other refuge but Them.

  • 2
    • kālindīra kūle keli-kadambera bon
    • ratana-bedira upara bosābo du’jon
    • I shall install the Divine Couple on a jewelled throne in a pleasant forest of kadamba trees on the shore of the Yamunā river.

  • 3
    • śyāma-gaurī-aṅge dibo chandanera gandha
    • chāmara ḍhulābo kobe heri mukha-chandra
    • When will I place aromatic sandalwood paste on the limbs of Lord Śyāmasundar and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī? When will I fan Them with a chāmara wisk? When will I see Their moonlike faces?

  • 4
    • gāṅthiyā mālātir mālā dibo doṅhara gole
    • adhare tuliyā dibo karpūra-tāmbule
    • When will I string garlands of malati flowers and place them on the necks of the Divine Couple? When will I place betel nuts mixed with camphor in Their lotus mouths?

  • 5
    • lalitā visākhā-ādi jata sakhī-vṛnda
    • ājñāya koribo sevā charaṇāravinda
    • When, following the orders of Lalitā, Viśākhā and the other gopīs, will I serve the lotus feet of the Divine Couple?

  • 6
    • śrī-kṛṣṇa-chaitanya-prabhur dāser anudāsa
    • sevā abhilāṣa kore narottama-dāsa
    • Narottam Dās, the servant of the servant of Śrī Krishna Chaitanya Mahāprabhu, longs for this service to the Divine Couple.